West African kings made money on trade by…

______________is an area of tall grasses and scattered trees and shrubs.

Two of the earliest kingdoms in West Africa that controlled the Sahara trade in gold and salt.

Which letter represents the Sahara on the map?

What is the physical environment of the Sahara?

What is a transitional zone between the dry Sahara and the grasslands of the savanna?

The trans-Saharan trade carried out by West Africa civilizations was primarily based on an exchange of . . .

Which river was important to the kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

What are TWO important cities in the Mali Empire

What are the 3 West African Empires/Kingdoms? (Choose 3 if you can.)

Which West African existed first and was the smallest?

Which ocean is located off the coast of West Africa?

Which of these deserts covers most of Northern Africa?

What TWO benefits did the Niger River provide to the Mali Empire?

Ghana was taken over by this trading empire.

_____ was mostly mined in the Sahara desert.

This natural resource allowed Ghana to develop tools and weapons that allowed them to become a wealthy and powerful kingdom.

Africa borders this body of water along its northern coast.